Awning



AWNING Filed June 16, 1957 INVENTOR BY Isidore P Smith ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 2, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AWNING Isidore P. .Smith, Perrysburg, Ohio, assignor to The Hcttrick Manufacturing Company, Toledo, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application June 16, 1937, Serial No. 148,440 3 Claims. (Cl. 156-15) This invention relates to awnings and an obbe inexpensively manufactured on a large scale ject is to produce a new and improved mounting production. for the upper portion of an awning which is so As indicated in Figure 6, the upper end of the constructed and arranged that the awning can fabric portion to is folded downwardly upon be readily and conveniently attached or removed itself with the free edge turned under and seand when in place lies inclose juxtaposition to cured in place by a line of stitching 56 to provide the building, the arrangement being such that a pocket ll which extends horizontally of the it can be inexpensively manufactured on a proupper end of the awning, the extreme outer end duction basis. portions of the pocket being secured together Other objects and advantages of the invenby lines of stitching is. An opening is cut in the 10 tion will hereinafter appearand an embodiment overlapped portions at each end portion of the of the invention is shown by way of illustration overlap'to receive a brass grommet l9 having a on the accompanying drawing in which horizontally elongate opening 20. It will be Figure l is a perspective view of an awning seenthat the grommet which is clamped on in the mounted in position of use showing particularly usual fashion engages two thicknesses of the la the means for holding the upper end portion of material and since awnings are ordinarily made the awning in position; of canvas, adequate reinforcing is provided. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailed fragmentary view Spaced a short distance inwardly from the edge of an upper corner portion of the awning showof each grommet a slit 2i is formed in the 20 ing the means for mounting it; inner ply of the overlapped material and dis- 2 Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the posed in the pocket IT by inserting the same line 3-3 of Fig. 2; through one of the openings provided by the slits Fig. 4 is a sectional View on the line 4-4 of 2i is a header bar 22 which is of metal and is Fig. 2; flat on the opposite sides. The length of the Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view on the header bar 22 is sufiicient so that the end portions 25 line 5-5 of Fig. 2; and project beyond the mountings provided by the Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view of the upper slits 2| so as to be disposed directly in rear of portion of the awning showing the inner side the elongate openings 20 of the grommets E9.

thereof. Formed in each end portion of the header bar The illustrated embodiment of the invention 22 is a horizontally elongate opening 23 which is 30 comprises an awning having a downwardly and adapted to register with the openings 2!) of the outwardly inclined fabric portion I0 to which grommets l9. side wings H are suitably secured and having It will be apparent that the upper end portion the usual scalloped edge portion I2. The awnof the awning can lie flatly against the wall or ing is shown mounted on the side of a wall it, building structure It and is held in place by a 35 the lower end being held in place by a U-shaped screw 24 having a head 25 of such size as to pass metal frame member l4 suitably disposed in a through the registering openings 20 and 23 and pocket in the lower portion of the awning and then the head can be turned at right angles to held to the wall 13 by any suitable fastening the openings as indicated in Figure 3 for holding 4O device l5. the awning in position. In this instance, the head Heretofore, difficulty has been experienced in 25 is rounded so that a certain camming action mounting the upper end portion of the awning. is provided in tightening the awning in position. Clamps have been employed but these are not Obviously the fastening screws 24 can be readily only difficult to manipulate for properly engagmounted in position and by a slight turning ing the awning structure but also militate against movement thereof can be disposed so that the 45 positioning the awning in sufficiently close juxawning can be mounted in place. Thereafter, taposition to the wall or building to which the the heads 25 are turned to such position as to awning is attached. Other fastening devices hold the awning in position. As shown in Fighave proven either too expensive from a manuure 6, the side wings Il may enter between facturing standpoint or are so inconvenient to the overlapped portions and thereby afford ad- 50 install that their usefulness is of doubtful value. ditional reinforcing in the region of the grom- This invention overcomes the difficulties and mets l9. troubles heretofore experienced and provides an It is to be understood that numerous changes exceedingly satisfactory mounting which can be in details of construction, arrangement and opreadily and conveniently installed and which can eration may be effected without departing from 55 the spirit of the invention especially as defined in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In an awning having a downwardly and outwardly inclined fabric portion, means to hold the lower end of the fabric portion in the desired position, means providing a horizontal pocket in the upper portion of said fabric portion, said pocket terminating at its opposite ends short of the side edges of the fabric portion, a horizontally elongate grommet in the fabric portion between each side edge thereof and the adjacent I in the upper portion of said fabric portion, said pocket terminating at the opposite ends short of the side edges of the fabric portion, a horizontally elongated grommet in the fabric portion between each side edge thereof and the adjacent end of said pocket, .a removable fiat metallic header bar in said pocket having end portions projecting beyond the ends of said pocket and disposed in rear of said grommets, said bar having horizontally elongate openings substantially registering with said grommets respectively, and a headed screw fastener extending through each pair of bar and grommet openings respectively, thereby to support the upper end portion of the awning and header bar and enable the same to be disengaged from the fastener by turning the latter to pass through the registering openings.

3. In an awningof the character described, having its upper edge formed to provide a transversely extending pocket having front and rear walls, a grommet member adjacent each of the ends of the pocket and extending through said front and rear walls thereof to provide an openwhereby to prevent relative sliding movement between the awning and header bar.

ISIDORE P. SMITH. 

